New Fall 2004 Update to C. Barnes & Co. Printing & Graphic Arts Directory Now Available; Guide Includes 2,500+ Large North American Printers that Account for $100+ Billion in Global Sales and 60% of Printing Industry Capital Investments
Latest C. Barnes & Co. Printing & Graphic Arts Directory is now available for download on www.drjoewebb.com. This latest edition has the most up-to-date data on the major players in the printing industry. The directory is available as databases for sales leads and database updating.
Bath, Maine (PRWEB) October 20, 2004 -- New 3rd Quarter 2004 editions of the
C. Barnes & Co. Printing & Graphic Arts Directory are now available on
www.drjoewebb.com. The Directory is the most current and
detailed information about the industry’s biggest and most influential
companies. The C. Barnes & Co. Printing & Graphic Arts Directory lists
more than 2,500 North American printing and packaging companies, representing
$100+ billion in total sales and 60% of industry capital investment.
The
report can be ordered at http://store.yahoo.com/drjoe/pgadsection.html
The Top
10 Printing Companies highlighted in the directory are:
Banta (NYSE:
BN)
Bowne (NYSE: BNE)
Cadmus (NYSE: CDMS)
Consolidated Graphics (NYSE:
CGX)
Cenveo (formerly Mail-Well) (NYSE: CVO)
Deluxe Corporation (NYSE:
DLX)
Quad Graphics (Private)
Quebecor World (NYSE: IQW)
R.R. Donnelley
& Sons (NYSE: RRD)
Standard Register (NYSE: SR)
These 10
companies alone represent 30% of the global sales of North America’s’ “big
printers.” The directory lists 1,300 plants and 4,000 key executives in these
prominent companies.
Updates since the previous edition include 27
acquisitions, mergers and company name changes for the year such as acquisitions
by Consolidated Graphics, Ennis Business Forms, Deluxe, Transcontinental, and
others; the Jostens- Von Hoffmann merger; name changes such as Mail-Well’s
renaming as Cenveo.
Nearly 1,000 executive changes and additions have
been made, along with updates to and 115 companies’ equipment listings. The
printing industry is well on its way to match the high turnover of employees and
acquisitions/mergers it experienced in 1999/2000, making it difficult for
suppliers and analysts to keep their own databases current and up-to-date.
Directory details:
-- more than 2,500 printing and graphic arts
companies with 100 or more employees with 4,300 locations
-- represents prime
consumers of paper and other production materials
-- includes mergers,
acquisitions, plant closures, and an economic overview
Company details
include:
-- addresses
-- phone numbers
-- web site URLs
-- company
sales
-- employee size
-- press equipment by type
-- key
executives
-- primary market segments in which they participate.
Up to
4 key executives are featured in each location profile in the Directory. These
key executives are typically:
-- CEO/Owner/Partner/President/Chairman
--
CFO/CIO/CTO/CMO
-- EVP/SVP/VP
-- General Managers/Plant Managers
--
Pressroom Supervisor/Prepress Supervisor/Bindery Supervisor
Market
segments covered are:
-- book printing
-- business forms printing
--
catalogs & directories
-- direct mail printing
-- financial
printing
-- general commercial
-- inserts & coupons
-- labels &
wrappers
-- magazines & periodicals
-- newspaper printing
--
package printing
-- prepress services
-- specialty printing
-- trade
binding
Among the top companies included are: Banta, Bowne, Cadmus,
Consolidated Graphics, Cenveo (formerly Mail-Well), Courier, Deluxe, Ennis, Quad
Graphics, Quebecor World, Valassis, Vertis, and many others.
NORTH
AMERICAN AND REGIONAL DIRECTORIES ARE AVAILABLE
The Printing & Graphic
Arts Directory database is a great tool for suppliers and salespeople to keep
their company’s database up-to-date. The database is available in national and
regional versions, designed to match the specific data needs of your company.
Full Directory Available as PDF or Excel-formatted Data Base
The
report is $695 as a downloadable Adobe Acrobat file, for $995
The
database is available for $695 as a downloadable database file (readable in
Microsoft Excel) and other programs.
A special price of $1190 is
available for the report and a company data base. It is also available on CD-ROM
for a nominal additional charge.
Regional Directories and Data Bases
There are 4 regional reports available for $295.00 in PDF format and
database bundle edition for these areas:
Northern States Directory, with
371 companies, 710 executives, covering ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, PA, NJ, NY
Southern States Directory, with 367 companies, 1,100 executives, covering
DE, MD, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TX, AR, OK, LA, KY, TN
Midwestern
States Directory, with 603 companies, 1,830 executives, covering OH, IN, IL, MO,
KS, NE, IA, WI, MN, MI, ND, SD
Western States Directory, with 257 companies,
770 executives, covering CA, AK, HI, OR, WA, NM, AZ, CO, UT, NV, ID, MT, WY
The Directory and its database is an excellent tool for sales and
marketing planning, prospect and sales lead development, distribution planning,
sales territory planning, competitive intelligence, business analysis, merger
& acquisition work, and many other purposes. It is especially helpful for
national account selling, as individual properties are listed under their
corporate parents.
TO ORDER, GO TO: http://store.yahoo.com/drjoe/pgadsection.html
About C.
Barnes & Co.
C. Barnes & Co., located in Bath, Maine, is a research
firm that focuses on the printing & graphic arts industry. Since 1998 the
company has supplied clients with market research services and publications,
most notably, the Printing & Graphic Arts Directory. C. Barnes & Co.’s
extensive database on printing industry is a reliable source for list rentals
and research information on the major players in the printing and packaging
industries.
Craig Barnes, president, has an extensive market research and
economics background. He was previously an executive researcher for Printing
Industries of America, the industry’s largest trade association, and managed
several of its well-known industry reports, including as PIA's Print Market
Atlas, Technology Benchmarks, the Web Offset Association’s Market Outlook Study,
and many others.
About Dr. Joe Webb
DrJoeWebb.com is the information
and e-commerce site that gets its name from Dr. Joe Webb, one of the printing
industry's best-known consultants. He is a 26+ year veteran of the graphic arts
industry, and has served the industry as a consultant, executive, and the
founder of the TrendWatch surveys. His academic background is a combination of
business, computer technologies, and graphic arts. His doctoral work was
completed at the NYU Center for Graphic Arts Management and Technology. Dr. Webb
has worked with industry suppliers of all types, including those marketing
capital equipment such as presses, software developers, computer and peripheral
manufacturers and developers, national and multinational organizations,
associations, and others. A frequent speaker at industry events, Dr. Webb's
weekly column “Fridays with Dr. Joe” appears at www.WhatTheyThink.com
where it has become a must-read feature for the entire printing industry.
(Photos of Dr. Webb for editorial purposes can be downloaded at www.drjoewebb.com/press
)
Dr. Webb is the author of “Renewing the Print Industry: A Contrarian’s
Constructive Perspective.” A sample of that report can be downloaded from http://www.prweb.com/prfiles/2004/05/04/123740/renew_ind_toc&chap1.pdf
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